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Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Highland River Access
- Type: Place
The Highland River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located in Minisink Ford, in between Lackawaxen, PA and Barryville, NY. It is owned by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. This is a canoe/kayak access only.
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Skinners Falls River Access
- Type: Place
The Skinners Falls River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located near Milanville, PA adjacent to the Skinners Falls Bridge. It is owned by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. This is a canoe/kayak access only. Please note the Skinners Falls Bridge is closed to all traffic at this time.
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Damascus River Access
- Type: Place
The Damascus River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located in Damascus, PA adjacent to the Cochecton-Damascus Bridge. It is owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. This access is open for canoes, kayaks, and other non-motorized boats.
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Darbytown River Access
- Type: Place
The Darbytown River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located near Narrowsburg, NY across the river in Darbytown, PA. It is owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. This access is open for canoes, kayaks, and other non-motorized boats. Motorized boats can be launched at this access.
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Zane Grey (Lackawaxen) River Access
- Type: Place
The Zane Grey River Access, also known as the Lackawaxen River Access, is a public river access for the Delaware River located in Lackawaxen, PA. It is owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. Motorized boats can be launched at this access.
Independence National Historical Park
PA Gradual Abolition of Slavery Act - March 1, 1780
- Type: Article
In 1780 the Pennsylvania Assembly passed the Act for the Gradual Abolition of Slavery into law. It was the first of several legislative enactments to abolish slavery in the states between 1780 and 1804. The act stated, “every Negro and Mulatto child born within the state after the passing of the Act would be free upon reaching age twenty-eight.”
Reconstruction Era National Historical Park
How Freedom Came to Big Pa
- Type: Article
“How Freedom Came to Big Pa” was published in the April 1916 issue of The Southern Workman and was written by Grace House, a principal of the Penn School. The essay shares Prince Polite's account of attending the Emancipation Day Celebration at Camp Saxton with his grandfather, "Big Pa", on January 1, 1863.
Upper Delaware Scenic & Recreational River
Buckingham River Access
- Type: Place
The Buckingham River Access is a public river access for the Delaware River located near Equinunk, PA. It is owned by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. This access is open for canoes, kayaks, and other non-motorized boats.
- Type: Article
This is a series of lesson plans about the WWII home front, focused on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a World War II Heritage City. The lesson contains primary and secondary sources readings, photographs, statistics and other resources, as well as questions for students to consider. The lessons highlight specific contributions of the people of Pittsburgh, and they connect to the larger themes and understanding of the US home front during wartime.
- Type: Article
Each park-specific page in the NPS Geodiversity Atlas provides basic information on the significant geologic features and processes occurring in the park.
Agate Fossil Beds National Monument
Ruthann Knudson
- Type: Person
Ruthann Knudson was an archeologist who specialized in Paleoindian studies. She touched seemingly every aspect of American archeology, often simultaneously and with great energy. She taught at colleges and universities; worked for private companies and federal agencies; participated on professional and local societies, boards, and commissions; published reports and articles; and furthermore was an extraordinary artist, flint knapper, advocate for women, and friend.
Gettysburg National Military Park
Veteran and Boy at the Pennsylvania Memorial Then & Now
- Type: Place
This photograph from the 50th Anniversary in 1913 provides a closer look at the bronze tablets lining the base of the Pennsylvania Memorial. The veteran pointing to his name on one of the tablets is Francis A. Culin, a sergeant of the 68th PA Infantry, Company F. A boy, perhaps his grandson, poses in the photograph next to him.
- Type: Article
In all, temperatures in 2023 at Friendship Hill National Historic Site were well above normal though total annual precipitation was close to average. The year ended as the 6th warmest and 58th driest since 1895 for Fayette County, PA.
Bryce Canyon National Park
An Ever-changing Landscape wayside
- Type: Place
Colorful Layers Pure limestone is white, but here, iron deposits have oxidized, or rusted, producing the yellows, oranges, reds, and browns. Oxidized manganese creates the pale blue and purple hues. Changing weather and light also affect the canyon’s colors. Bryce Canyon is ever-changing. About 50 million years ago (mya), a large freshwater lake began filling the low basin of southern Utah. Over millions of years, rivers and streams gradually filled this lake.
- Type: Place
Need a map of paddling and hiking trails along the Susquehanna River? The Columbia Crossing River Trails Center has you covered. 41 Walnut Street, Columbia,PA 17512 717-449-5607
- Type: Article
Paleoindian peoples first arrived in the Chesapeake Bay watershed over 15,000 years ago. Since, Native peoples have thrived here, benefiting from the plentiful resources of the Bay.
- Type: Article
To address the limited understanding of fire history and fire regimes in the front-country of Denali National Park and Preserve, National Park Service Alaska Regional Fire Ecologists and University of Alaska, Fairbanks developed a collaborative proposal for research to improve the understanding of past fire regimes, vegetation, and spruce bark beetle outbreaks using paleo-sediment records from lakes and peat cores in and around Denali Park.
Acadia National Park
Ben Matthews
- Type: Article
Ben Matthews, of Pittsburg, PA, creates fictitious field studies that depict mysterious adaptations and inventions from this not-quite time or place based on current environmental concerns and social topics. He participated as an Artist-in-Residence at Acadia National Park in 2022.
Acadia National Park
Thomas Paquette
- Type: Article
Thomas Paquette, of Warren, PA, experiences "unshakably deep nature" while traveling the trails of Acadia National Park as an Artist-in-Residence in 1994.
Acadia National Park
Kevin Mack
- Type: Article
Kevin Mack, a multidisciplinary artist from Pittsburgh, PA, was inspired by the serene and chaotic landscape of the Schoodic Peninsula during his time as an Artist-in-Residence at Acadia National Park in 2021.